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We should know our priorities inlife, and then we should treasure it.

Ano ba talaga ang pagpapahalagaat bakit ito masasabing dapat inuu-na? Kapag ang isang bagay ay napa-kahalaga o importante sa atin, inuu-na natin itong gawin at binibigyan ngpansin. Ito ang simpleng paliwanagpara sa mga ito.

Bagay, hayop, lugar, pangyayari,pagkain, nararamdaman maging taopa yan at kung anu-ano pa na pinap-ahalagahan ng isang tao ay masas-abing binibigyan ito ng prioridad naunahin.

Sumisimbolo ito sa mga pinapahal-agahan natin at kahit ano pang da-hilan bakit napiling pagahalagahankung para sa iba ay di tama o di nat-ural dito nasusukat ang personalidadng tao kung saan kayang manindi-gan at magpakita na ipakitang kay-ang ipaglalaban ang mahalaga sakanya, kung saan natutunan din na-tin na magbigay halaga sa mga bagaybagay na nakapaligid sa atin.

Sarili ang pinakapinahahalagahanbago ang iba upang matutunan natinbigyang halaga ang iba. Maipapaki-ta ito sa pagmamahal sa sarili at pag-sunod sa anumang kagustuhan natin.Masasabi ng iba na hindi tama ito,bakit? Dahil alam nila sa kanilang

Priorities in lifemga sarili na sila ang maaapektuhan,pero tama lang na alamin din ang ma-raramdaman ng iba pero maipapaki-ta mo ba ang pagmamahal mo sa sar-ili kapag iba ang inuuna? Simple langang sagot diyan, bago mo bigyan ngimportansya ang iba sa mga kagustu-han nila na pwedeng hindi mo gusto,ay gawin mo muna ang kagustuhanmo para masabi mo sa sarili mo namahal ko ang sarili ko at mas pinapa-halagahan ko ang buhay ko, mataposmong makita ang epekto sa iba nitosa iba. Malalaman mo kung ito aypositibo, ipagpapatuloy mo ang mgakagustuhan mo, kapag ito’y negatibo,magbigay daan ka sa kahit papaanongparaan, para masabi mo rin sa sarilimo na “pinapahalagahan ko din sila.”

Maging sa akin masasabi ko at nap-atunayan ko na dapat ay pinahahala-gahan mo muna ang sarili mo dahil ditomo lang masasabi na masaya ka at na-kuntento ka. May mga taong masasak-tan at maapektuhan dahil di ka langmag-isa sa mundo, kaya naman bini-gyan kong daan ang mga pwedeng ma-kaintindi at makatulong sa akin.

Doon ko palang nalaman ang mgakarapat dapat kong pahalagahan mgataong nadyan para sa akin, mga ta-ong nagmamahal sa akin at mga ta-ong makakatanggap sa akin. Pagpap-

ahalaga sa iba ang pinakamagaan sapakiramdam dahil mapapasaya sila atnatutulungan pa. Pamilya ko ang pi-nahahalagahan ko, dahil sila angmapaghuhugutan ko ng lakas atmakakaintindi sa akin.

Pagmamahal ang bumubuklod saamin dahil ito ang paraan ko ng pag-papakita ng pagpapahalaga sa kanila,na kahit anong mangyari kami pa rinang magkakasama hanggang huli.Our family is the most importantthing that matters most and shouldbe prioritized.

ARIELLE NIAMBI DR. AMIGO

LIVE WITH IT

By her own admission, GMA ( GloriaMacapagal Arroyo, former President and nowPampanga Rep.) rightfully assessed thatover the last de-cades; our republichas become one ofthe weakest, steadi-ly left behind by itsmore progressiveneighbors.’ Fortyyears ago, we wereonly second to Japanin economic stature, and way ahead of Sin-gapore , Hong Kong , Malaysia , and Thai-land. Today, at our present growth rate, itwill take us 30 years to get to where Thai-land is (Please take note dear P-Noy Boys).

1. A population of 160 Million;2. Of those, 70 to 90 million (equivalent to

our current population) will live below the pov-erty line;

3. Our national debt is estimated to be atUS$200B (compared to US$28B when Marcosfled, and US$53B today);

4. We will be competing, not against Thai-land or even Vietnam , but against B angladesh;

5. We will be the most corrupt nation in Asia,if not in the world (we’re already ranked 11thmost corrupt nation by Transparency Interna-tional) ...

The signs are clear. Our nation is headedtowards an irreversible path of economic de-cline and moral decadence. It is not for lack ofeffort. We’ve seen many men and women ofintegrity in and out of government, NGOs,church groups & people’s organization devotethemselves to the task of nation-building, oftentimes against insurmountable odds.

But not even two people’s revolutions, blood-less as they may be, have made a dent in re-

‘Just sharingTO ALL OF YOU’by Father James Reuter, S.J.

from the eMAIL...

‘It’s time to try prayerpower...’

versing this trend. At best, we have moved onestep forward, but three steps backward.

W eneed a force far greater than our collective ef-forts, as a people, can ever hope to muster. Itis time to move the battle to the spiritual realm..It’s time to claim GOD’s promise of healing ofthe land for His people. It’s time to gather GOD’speople on its knees to pray for the economicrecovery and moral reformation of our nation.

Is prayer really the answer? Before you dismissthis as just another rambling of a religious fanatic,I’d like you to consider some lessons we can gleanfrom history.

England ‘s ascendancy to world power was pre-ceded by the Reformation, a spiritual revival fu-eled by intense prayers.

The early American settlers built the foundationthat would make it the most powerful nation today- a strong faith in GOD and a disciplined prayerlife.

Throughout its history, and especially at its ma-jor turning points, waves of revival and prayer move-ment swept across the land.

In recent times, we see Korea as a nation expe-riencing revival and in the process producing thelargest Christian church in the world today, led byRev. Paul Yongi Cho.

No wonder it has emerged as a strong nationwhen other economies around it are faltering.

Even from a purely secular viewpoint, itmakes a lot of sense. For here there is genuinehumbling & seeking of GOD through prayer,

moral reformation necessarily follows. Andthis, in turn, wil llead to generalprosperity. YES,we believe prayercan make a dif-ference. It’s ouronly hope.

Today, welaunch this email

brigade, to inform Filipinos from all over theworld to pray, as a people, for the economicrecovery and moral reformation of our nation.We do not ask for much. We only ask for 5 min-utes of your time in a day, to fwd this email toyour close friends and relatives.

This is the kind of unity which can make abig difference. Of course, if you feel strongly,as I do, about the power of prayer, you can bemore involved by starting your own prayer groupor prayer center.

We have tried people power twice; in bothcases, it fell short. Maybe it’s time to try prayerpower. GOD never fails.

Is there hope? YES! We can rely on God’spromise, but we have to do our part.

If we humble ourselves and pray as a peo-ple, GOD will heal our land. By GOD’s grace,we may yet see a better future for our children.

‘If My people, who are called byMy name, will humble themselvesand pray, and seek My face, andturn from their wicked ways, thenwil l I hear from Heaven, and wil lforg ive the i r s ins , and wi l l hea ltheir land.’(2 Chronicles 7:14).

If you care for your children and grand-children, PLEASE pass this on. .. ...

Let’s not just abandon the Philippines ….

Much ado about nothing (to gain again)Like what former president and now Pampanga Rep.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo retorted to the working mediaupon her arrival recently from Europe with husband MikeArroyo…”Talk to my lawyers…”

What does it mean? Why the snappy reply?The curt, one-liner was in direct reference to what everyone

knows now as the latest pot-boiler of another giganticdiversionary tactic from you-know-who that would surelygain the nation nothing butrich, nutritous media fodder.

More air, more trial by publicity.Whoever had the idea of unearthing old cases of electoral

fraud, massive electoral fraud in the 2004 elections very wellknew there’s nothing the whole nation will gain from it asidefrom more hatred, more divisiveness and more about…nothing.

Losing vice presidential candidate of that electoral exercisein Sen. Loren Legarda took it (the issue) right through theheart.

“It (2004 elections) was the darkest moment of my life. Iand my running-mate (FPJ) were convinced we did win inthat election. And we didn’t. But I’ve learned to move on,”she said.

Why can’t the Bright Boys of Malacanang take the cue fromher?

We are not pro-GMA nor anti-Aquino, nor anti-GMA orpro-Aquino. We are just trying to point out here that there is amyriad of better things to put our focus on, something thatwill gain the whole nation.

It is our stand.What can we get from Lintang Bedol? What can we get

from the Ampatuans?After they testify or affirm the alleged massive poll fraud

that favored GMA in the 2004 elections, what?Will that give the losers a chance to serve their un-served

political mandates?Never.Sen. Legarda only knows so much that at this point of our

lives, or, in an instance that cheating would indeed be proven,she can no longer serve as vice president unless we can resetthe calendar back to where she is supposed to serve out thevice presidency, and so with the rest.

So, given that there was/were indeed massive poll cheatingin the 2004 and 2007 elections, why don’t we investigatesimilar allegations of poll fraud way, way back since the timeof Ferdinand Marcos up to the latest national elections of2010.

Sen. Mar Roxas, now DOTC Sec., would, I think, be thehappiest if that would be the case.

And, that, we freely feel, is the most doable/realistic thingthat we can do to our lives at this point.

The 2010 presidential polls, however automated as it was,questions and protests were raised and until now remainunanswered.

So why just the 2004 and 2007 elections do we need toinvestigate? Why don’t we just investigate the Commissionson Elections people? It’s their province anyway.

CALL IT FILIPINO ADAPTABILITY. WHEN THE GOING GETS FLOODED, ERR, TOUGH,THE TOUGH GETS GOING. BUT WHY THOSE KIDS?